![The mouseover macro /cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Flash Heal, split into its command, condition, fallback and spell](/guides/setup/art/macro-anatomy-tall.webp)
To make a macro, type /macro in chat, choose New, write the text and drag the icon to a bar, where it works like a spell. A mouseover macro casts on the unit under your cursor; an empty condition block after it falls back to your target.
With /castsequence, each press casts the next spell in a list, and the sequence only moves on once the current spell succeeds. Holding Shift, Ctrl or Alt can switch the spell through a mod: condition.
The syntax follows the community wiki and every spell named exists in the Forever beta, but we haven’t tested each macro in Forever yet. Source: the community wiki’s macro pages.
Every spell below exists in WoW Forever’s beta game data (build 1.60.1.70245). Hover a spell for its tooltip.
How to make a macro
- Type
/macroin chat, or open Macros from the game menu
Community wiki: Community wiki: Making a macro, not yet confirmed in Forever. - Choose New, give it a name and an icon. The question mark icon lets the game pick one from the spells in the macro.
- Type the macro text, drag its icon to an action bar and bind it (keybinds).
Starting with #showtooltip sets which spell’s tooltip the button shows Community wiki: Community wiki: Making a macro, not yet confirmed in Forever.
WoW mouseover macros
A Priest’s 
Flash Heal on the friendly unit under your cursor:
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,help,nodead][] Flash HealClauses are read left to right and the first match wins; an empty [] always matches, so with nothing suitable under the cursor the spell goes to your target Community wiki: Community wiki: Making a macro, not yet confirmed in Forever. help and harm check whether the unit takes helpful or harmful spells; no reverses a condition, so nodead means alive Community wiki: Community wiki: Macro conditionals, not yet confirmed in Forever.
A Mage’s 
Polymorph on the enemy under the cursor:
#showtooltip
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] PolymorphCast sequence macros: Hunter and Warrior
/castsequence casts the next spell in its list on each press. A Hunter opening with 
Hunter's Mark, then 
Serpent Sting:
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=target Hunter's Mark, Serpent Sting
reset=Back to the first spell after a number of seconds, target(new target),combat(entering or leaving combat), orshift,ctrl,alt. Join with a slash:reset=target/combat.Community wiki: Community wiki: /castsequence, not yet confirmed in Forever
A failed spell holds itThe sequence keeps trying the current spell until it succeeds or resets. So we’d keep cooldown spells out of it.Community wiki: Community wiki: /castsequence, not yet confirmed in Forever
A Warrior’s 
Rend and 
Heroic Strike:
/castsequence reset=combat Rend, Heroic StrikeModifier macros
Hold a key to change what the button does. A Priest with 
Renew on Shift, Flash Heal otherwise:
#showtooltip
/cast [mod:shift] Renew; Flash Healmod: accepts shift, ctrl and alt Community wiki: Community wiki: Macro conditionals, not yet confirmed in Forever. The semicolon splits the line into clauses, read like the mouseover macro above Community wiki: Community wiki: Making a macro, not yet confirmed in Forever.
WoW targeting macros
One button that heals friends and damages enemies, with 
Smite:
#showtooltip
/cast [help] Flash Heal; Smite/target with a name picks the closest name match, so a short name can catch the wrong unit; /targetexact avoids that Community wiki: Community wiki: Making a macro, not yet confirmed in Forever.
Macros with a controller
The community wiki documents gamepad settings that make 
LT act as Shift and 
LB as Ctrl by default Community wiki: Community wiki: CVar GamePadEmulateShift, not yet confirmed in Forever, so in principle [mod:shift] macros work on a pad. Not tested in Forever’s Gamepad (Alpha) mode, whose own bindings are static in the beta 
Beta, may change: In the beta as of 2026-10-08, may change before launch 
Not confirmed in Forever: Not yet confirmed in WoW Forever. See best controller settings.
What on wow-forever.gg helps
Spell databaseExact Forever spell names for your macros.
Talent calculatorWhich spells your build will have.
Keybinds guideWhere to put the macros once they’re made.
Questions
How do I create a macro in WoW Classic and Forever?
Type /macro in chat or open Macros from the game menu, choose New, then drag its icon to a bar Community wiki: Community wiki: Making a macro, not yet confirmed in Forever.
Do WoW Classic macros work in WoW Forever?
The syntax above is the community wiki’s; we haven’t tested each macro in Forever Not confirmed in Forever: Not yet confirmed in WoW Forever. Blizzard hasn’t published a Forever macro guide 
Not announced: Blizzard hasn't announced this.
Why does my castsequence get stuck?
It won’t move on until the current spell succeeds, so a spell that fails holds the sequence Community wiki: Community wiki: /castsequence, not yet confirmed in Forever.
What does the empty [] do in a mouseover macro?
It always matches, so the spell falls back to your current target Community wiki: Community wiki: Making a macro, not yet confirmed in Forever.
